Even though there is a difference of opinion as to why the Crusades began, some historians state that the cause of these massive military attacks launched by Western Europe on the vast Islamic territories for over a span of two hundred years, was mainly religion. This claim being supported more so by the Christian historians, a huge number of Muslim historians conclude that the underlying factor was after all gaining power, land and wealth on the part of the Christians.
If one was to list down the causes of these Crusades, they could be broadly categorized into internal and external factors. Externally, the weakness of the Byzantine empire in the hands of the attacks made by the Saljukid turks after which three fourth of Minor Asia fell into
If one was to list down the causes of these Crusades, they could be broadly categorized into internal and external factors. Externally, the weakness of the Byzantine empire in the hands of the attacks made by the Saljukid turks after which three fourth of Minor Asia fell into